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Livestock
industry
Leopold Center
Distinguished
Fellow Fred
Kirschenmann has
served on a
three-year Pew
Commission on
Industrial Farm
Animal
Production.
View the
group's report,
including a
chapter, "Toward
Sustainable
Animal
Agriculture,"
written by
Kirschenmann.
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Spencer Award
It's time to
nominate your
favorite farmer,
researcher or
educator for
this prestigious
award.
Nominations are
due May 15!
More
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New
partnership
The Leopold
Center is
sharing an
appointment with
a New York
sustainable ag
center.
More
View a
photo essay,
Spring at Stone
Barns, from a
recent visit to
the center.
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Food Facts
What have we
learned about
local food
economies? Get a
snapshot of key
research
findings from
Leopold Center
projects.
Available as a
colorful print
report [PDF]
or
interactive web
page.
Read
news release.
2008 projects
The Leopold
Center announces
competitive
grants for 20
new projects at
a cost of
$380,800, plus
15 renewed
projects.
More
Workshop
materials
Materials
from presenters at
the Leopold
Center Marketing
and Food Systems
workshop in
March are now
available.
More
Iowa Learning
Farm
Check out the
spring
newsletter
to find out
where the
rainfall
simulator will
be this summer
[PDF].
Center
Progress Report
The Leopold
Center reports
on the work of
20 projects
completed within
the past year.
More
Horizons
The newest
annual report
reviews progress
by the Leopold
Center over the
past 20 years. If
you haven't
received a copy,
view it on-line.
News item about
the report
May Notes
Read about
current
happenings at
the Leopold
Center.
View PDF
Center
newsletter
Read about
the problems
we've created
trying to "feed
the world,"
possibly a
better way to
manage grassed
waterways, how
the Center
shares research
using
technology, and
what happened at
the "Ames Reads
Leopold" event
in our Spring
2008
newsletter.
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